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OMG Butler!!

Hey Everyone!

So, these past few days have been VERY exciting. I sent in my resume to Information Resources (IR) at Butler for a position on the IR Helpdesk. On Thursday I got an email saying that my references checked out and I got the job. I was also told Thursday that I had to move in on Tuesday August 18, instead of Friday August 21. So there goes my week to pack and prepare. Oh well though. I'm really really excited for it all, to be honest. It's just pretty stressful trying to get everything around with 3 fewer days to do so. But yeah, I'll fill you in more once I'm all moved in!

Till next time, Mahala!

The Impossible Has Happened

Good afternoon all!

I realized something today: I am bored to tears with facebook. I mean, all I use it for really is to chat with people. So when there's nobody online, say, 8-5 weekdays, it's really quite useless to me. Some people can stay online for hours and hours just going through different applications or whatever, but I figured out that I can't do that. I need to be entertained or at least mentally engaged.

I think the larger issue for me is that I can't do ANYTHING for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, and not get bored silly with it. I need something new, something fun, a challenge of some sort, in order to keep me occupied. And this is precisely the problem with kids today--overexposure to stimuli. From early on, we're constantly having all this craziness around us: facebook, twitter, videogames, crazy movies; we're used to everything being fast-paced and action-packed, so if there is ever a dull moment with nothing going on, we don't know what to do with ourselves. Gone are the days when your Saturday morning activities were sitting on the couch reading the paper cover to cover; no other activities: no cell phone, no laptop, no television. I physically couldn't do that. I honestly don't know anyone who could.

I'm not sure what this means for us as a society. Maybe we lead more satisfying lives because we're exposed to more. Or maybe we're just skimming the surface of things, and are less satisfied because we can never get that depth, we can never commit 100% to something because we have so many other things we're tied to. I don't know. Think on it, and let me know what you decide for yourself. Until next time, Hasta La Vista!

JK Wedding Entrance Dance

Check this out, everyone:

Church of the Brethren minister Jeannine Leonard presided over a wedding that has become a YouTube sensation, according to "The Lutheran" magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. A couple who was married at Christ Lutheran Church in St. Paul, Minn., have become celebrities thanks to a video of their dance down the aisle, which they posted on YouTube to share with family and friends. The wedding of Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz took place on June 20, and by July 24 there were more than 1.5 million views of the five-minute aisle dance. "The Lutheran" reported that the wedding party was scheduled to do an encore dance for the Today Show.

Well as of 8:50 am on July 31, there were 12,932,622 views... incredible! I think this is a great idea, and probably helped ease the jitters of the wedding party.

Keep checking in, I'll have at least one more post today!

P.S. In case you haven't noticed, the titles of all these internet-related posts are links to the sites I'm referring to.

See ya!

Website Review #2: Burnin' Rubber 3

Hola Amigos!

Here is an amazing game that I found a work a few days ago. It's called Burnin' Rubber 3, and it's on Shockwave's game site. It's a racing game with great graphics and gameplay. The point of the game is to "conquer the world" by passing a boat-load of challenges around the globe. Not only is it racing, however, but action as well. When you pass challenges, you get money, with which you can buy weapons and such for the challenges that require you not just to win the race but to destroy your rivals' cars. Very addicting game, I've been playing it for like 4 days straight and I still haven't beaten it.

I give this game 4 out of 5 stars. The game gets choppy if it's not getting enough bandwidth, and also when there's a lot going on, say, a bunch of explosions. Also, it's on the Shockwave Player, which periodically closes down. At this point, all you can do is restart your web browser.

Bottom line: fantastic game, go play it! Till next time, Peace!

Website Review #1: xkcd.com

Hello again!

So my dad suggested this website, xkcd.com, that he had learned of from a coworker. Its basically a lot of comics and drawings that are effing hilarious! Not to mention they're all stick figures, which multiplies comedic value by at least like 20.

It's what I'd call "smart humor". You know the jokes found funny by the frat house of 20-something year old football players (read: drunk college guys), well, this is the exact opposite. The site header reads, "A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and science." That's a pretty accurate description of it, I think.

The bottom line is, I've been going through these comics by clicking the "random" button for the past 3 and a half hours, and I'll probably be going through more of them for countless more hours :) I give it four and a half stars out of five, only because the occasional science- or math-themed comic goes over my head.

One last quick note, when looking at the comics, if you hold the cursor over the comic than you'll get an additional punch line (doesn't work in Mozilla Firefox).

Until we meet again, have fun looking at xkcd.com's comics! Adios!

Boredom At Work

Hey there, everyone!

Here's what's up: I sit here at work 8 hours every weekday, with not many productive things to do. Facebook has lost it's appeal (gasp!) I only really use it to chat with people. I used to play games online a lot; I still do, but I get tired of them pretty easily. For a while I would just watch stuff on Hulu, but a lot of the movies and shows I like are too new to be on there. And so, boredom creeps in. Now here's what I want you to do: give a shout-out to your favorite websites, whether they are games, videos, blogs, or whatever. I'll go try them out, and post my feelings about them. Sound good? Just put a link in your comment.

Until next time, chaio!